25 Apr
2002
25 Apr
'02
9:44 p.m.
Ah, okie. Yes, the Indus is excellent. Does the Atari
version have the ROM
disk that the Commodore version does? (For those not in the know, the
Commodore Indus GT drive has a drive 1 [LOAD"$1",8] with DOS Wedge, a
fast loader and some other utilities permanently in drive ROM that can
just be loaded out of the drive instantaneously.)
No, I've not seen mention of it in the manual for the drive.
Is the operation the same as using the 1541? With the Atari version,
everything is disk based. To take full advantage of the drive's
capabilities you boot a version of Atari DOS for it, though other
versions of the OS not specifically written to use it also work fine.
I've run a few non-Atari DOSes with it was well.
The Commodore Indus GT also came with some (moderately
pathetic) office
software, but it was an interesting bonus.
Yes, the Atari version did also. They're ok if they're the
only applications you have though! Did the Commodore version come in
the black plastic carry case?
Jeff
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